diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index bbfea9e..b26ff24 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ resholve.mkDerivation rec {
     name = pname;
   };
 
-  # drop min version checks which are redundant when built with nix
+  # skip min version checks which are redundant when built with nix
   postPatch = ''
-    sed -i "/_require_version bash/,+2d" direnvrc
+    sed -i 1iNIX_DIRENV_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK=1 direnvrc
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ resholve.mkDerivation rec {
     default = {
       scripts = [ "share/${pname}/direnvrc" ];
       interpreter = "none";
-      inputs = [ coreutils direnv nix ];
+      inputs = [ coreutils nix ];
       fake = {
         builtin = [
           "PATH_add"
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ resholve.mkDerivation rec {
           "shasum"
         ];
       };
-      keep."$cmd" = true;
+      keep = {
+        "$cmd" = true;
+        "$direnv" = true;
+      };
       execer = [
         "cannot:${direnv}/bin/direnv"
         "cannot:${nix}/bin/nix"
diff --git a/direnvrc b/direnvrc
index b23d460..66a33aa 100644
--- a/direnvrc
+++ b/direnvrc
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ _nix() {
 _require_version() {
   local cmd=$1 version=$2 required=$3
   if ! printf "%s\n" "$required" "$version" | sort --check=quiet --version-sort; then
-    _nix_direnv_fatal "minimum required $cmd version is $required (installed: $version)"
+    _nix_direnv_fatal \
+      "minimum required $(basename "$cmd") version is $required (installed: $version)"
   fi
 }
 
@@ -59,13 +60,16 @@ _nix_direnv_preflight() {
     _nix_direnv_fatal '$direnv environment variable was not defined. Was this script run inside direnv?'
   fi
 
-  # check command min versions, bash check uses $BASH_VERSION with _require_version
-  # instead of _require_cmd_version because _require_cmd_version uses =~ operator which
-  # would be a syntax error on bash < 3
-  _require_version bash "$BASH_VERSION" "$BASH_MIN_VERSION"
-  # direnv stdlib defines $direnv
-  _require_cmd_version "$direnv" "$DIRENV_MIN_VERSION"
-  _require_cmd_version nix "$NIX_MIN_VERSION"
+  # check command min versions
+  if [[ -z ${NIX_DIRENV_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK:-} ]]; then
+    # bash check uses $BASH_VERSION with _require_version instead of
+    # _require_cmd_version because _require_cmd_version uses =~ operator which would be
+    # a syntax error on bash < 3
+    _require_version bash "$BASH_VERSION" "$BASH_MIN_VERSION"
+    # direnv stdlib defines $direnv
+    _require_cmd_version "$direnv" "$DIRENV_MIN_VERSION"
+    _require_cmd_version nix "$NIX_MIN_VERSION"
+  fi
 
   local layout_dir
   layout_dir=$(direnv_layout_dir)
@@ -219,7 +223,7 @@ _nix_direnv_watches() {
       path=$(printf "$path")
       _watches+=("$path")
     fi
-  done < <(direnv show_dump "${DIRENV_WATCHES}")
+  done < <($direnv show_dump "${DIRENV_WATCHES}")
 }
 
 _nix_direnv_manual_reload=0